"Current forecasts
predict an annual
growth rate of 25 percent for carbon nanotubes" said
Dr. Joachim Wolff, BMS Executive Committee member, said in a
statement. "We are also expecting nanotechnology to create
a total of 100,000 new jobs in the German industry in the medium
term."

The new facility is expected to produce 200 metric
tons of nanotubes each year.

There aren't many CNT
production facilities in the world, able to meet industrial-scale
CNTs -- and this plant will specialize in Baytubes.

Baytubes
are different because the modified carbon is able to be added
as a filler to help improve the mechanical strength to metal
systems. BMS offered an example of Baytubes being used in
coatings for ships, offering higher abrasion resistance to help
reduce wear over time.

The new Baytubes could also be used in
skis, surfboards, hockey sticks, bicycle components and similar
products.

Baytubes could be used in numerous ways in a
wide variety of industries, with BSN using "thermoplastic and
thermoset systems and coatings."

Nanocyl, a Belgian
biotech company specializing in nanotubes, is installing a reactor
that will be used in nanotube production -- overall product capacity
would be up to 400 tons per year.

Traditional multi-wall
nanotubes are comprised of rolled layers of graphite, with a small
number of carbon nanotube suppliers available. For the expected
growth nanotubes should receive in the coming years, there still
aren't a lot of manufacturers available.

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US business taxes are some of the lowest in the developed world, due to all the deductions allowed. The Reich wing loves that talking point about high business taxes, but it's simply not true. Most aren't smart enough to research the claim, so when idiots say it, it's as good as true. For those who then say that's why business move offshore, wrong again. Corporations move offshore to avoid ALL taxes. They contribute nothing to the infrastructure that they utilize in order to make profits, including the US highways, airways, communication systems, clean air, clean water, court/justice system, etc. There is no such thing as a "free market". Why do you think corporations aren't lobbying for a "flat tax", or a "fair tax"? Because they know they would actually start having to pay real taxes for a change.

You really shouldn't discuss things you know nothing about. Currently the US has the second highest corporate income tax rate in the developed world. In 24 of our 50 states, counting the state income tax level makes it the HIGHEST rate in the developed world.

quote: Most aren't smart enough to research the claim, so when idiots say it, it's as good as true.

Your research skills could be improved too. Moving offshore does not end taxation for a foreign or multinational corporation. Foreign corporations are taxed on their U.S. source income. When a corporation has nexus with the U.S., regardless of where it is chartered, the corporation is subjected to U.S. tax.

quote: Corporations move offshore to avoid ALL taxes.

This statement is false.

For further reading please refer to Subchapter N, Subpart B(Foreign Corporations), §882 Tax (on income of foreign corporations connected with United States business) of the Internal Revenue Code. As a little teaser for you, the first words of this section are "imposition of tax".